Five chain hotels set to open in Troy

The Galleria of Troy, located at Big Beaver Road and I-75, will feature a Hampton Inn and Hilton Garden Inn. This rendering shows the two restaurants and retail space that will also be on site. (Photo courtesy of Group 10 Management)

Five new hotels have announced they are making their way into the City of Troy in the future.

Two management companies are planning to bring chain hotels to the area.

“I believe the recent hotel activity is the result of the strength of the Troy market and Troy’s central location in the Metro Detroit region,” said Troy Planning Director Brent Savidant.

Mark Miller, director of economic and community development for Troy, said that he is happy about the new developments in Troy, especially since two of the hotels are on the south side of the city.

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“We’re really happy to see development, it’s part of where we’re coming from, we need to redevelop parts of the city,” Miller said.

It was in a 24-hour period that the Planning Commission and the Troy City Council approved the five hotels, with 546 total rooms.

The Galleria of Troy, located on Big Beaver Road and I-75, will be completed in phases.

Group 10 Management of Farmington Hills is developing the Hilton Garden Inn and Hampton Inn and a third hotel on Maple Road and Stephenson Highway. The third hotel is an undecided brand, but will be in the location of an former Chinese buffet restaurant.

Group 10 Vice President Kenny Koza said the Galleria of Troy will feature a Hilton Garden Inn, with 114 rooms and a Hampton Inn, with 122 rooms.

“Troy is a very vibrant market ... These are flags (brands) that don’t exist right now in Troy,” Koza said. “... The Hampton Inn is a huge opportunity (for Troy).”

Koza said the opportunity for a hotel like the Hampton Inn is big because it is the no. 1 hotel and there isn’t one in Troy yet. He said the area on Big Beaver where the hotels will be located is also very busy.

The Galleria of Troy will also feature two restaurants and 9,000 square feet of retail space. The on-site restaurants will be Carrabba’s Italian Grill and the Bonefish Grill.

The restaurants will be a nice touch to the Hampton Inn because it is a limited-service hotel. The Hilton Garden Inn, however, will feature its own restaurant and is full-service.

“One reason (they’re opening) is that some other hotels is that some other hotels are losing their corporate flag, so that opens up that … there’s opening for those hotels for major flags,” Miller said.

The Hampton Inn will break ground in March, while the Hilton Garden Inn will follow about a year later.

The first hotel will open in spring 2015.

These are the first hotels that Group 10 will have in Troy.

Both Savidant and Miller said the hotels on Big Beaver are important because they serve corporate people that are traveling.

“They want to be near where they’re working and at a decent hotel,” Savidant said.

Madison Heights-based company A&M Hospitality, which manages and operates many hotels across Metro Detroit, also plans to bring two to Troy.

The hotels will be the Fairfield Inn and TownePlace Suites, located at 14 Mile Road and Stephenson Highway.

The company already operates the Hawthorn Suites by Wyndham in Troy, as well as many other hotels across Metro Detroit.

President of A&M Hospitality Akram Namou could not be reached immediately for comment.

In addition to the five hotels, the Met Hotel is in the process of transforming its look. The hotel will be renovated and revamped, as it becomes part of the proposed Californian-style complex “LA Square.”

“We sometimes hear studies that all the time the rooms aren’t full,” Miller said. “These hotels are filling a niche of the market that wasn’t really ever supplied in Troy.”